Lieutenant Steve Dorris Public Information Officer (281) 420-6617 Steve.dorris@baytown.org
On Tuesday, September 29th at approximately 8:00 a.m., Baytown Police received a Crime Stoppers tip indicating that there was a deceased infant inside a room at the Scottish Inn located in the 6800 block of Garth Road. Patrol Officers responded to the scene and upon approaching the room they noticed the door was open and inside the room was a female who appeared to be armed with some type of long gun. Officers immediately began negotiating with the female in an attempt to have her exit the room, however those efforts were unsuccessful. This prompted the activation of the Baytown Police Department Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT) and Baytown SWAT Team, who arrived on scene a short time later. During the ensuing negotiations, the female attempted to further barricade and isolate herself inside the room and remained uncooperative and unwilling to exit the room. Despite their patience and best efforts, Negotiators were unable to convince the female to exit the room, therefore, at approximately 1:25 p.m., members of the Baytown Police Department SWAT team made entry into the room and took the female, a 31-year-old Baytown woman, into custody. The female was subsequently transported by ambulance to a local hospital for evaluation, where she remains. Baytown Homicide Detectives and Crime Scene Detectives responded to the scene and during a search of the hotel room they did in fact locate the lifeless body of an infant child. The body of the infant has been transported to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Science in Houston where an autopsy will be performed to determine the gender of the infant, which was not readily apparent at the scene, as well as hopefully shed some light on the cause of this tragic death. Homicide Detectives continue to investigate and remain resolute in their work to uncover all the facts and circumstances surrounding this tragic death of an innocent child. Once those facts are uncovered they will present them to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office to determine the appropriate charges in this tragic case.